Odd 91/30

[desporterizer]

Sunday I went to the orangeville gun show & stopped by the tradex table. After prying my way through the ball busting crowd( come on man, I will give you $150 for it, its just a mosin) a kind of beat looking 91/30 caught my eye. The barrel date was 1935, all the parts I could see were ishvesk(sp?) & more importantly the serials matched. Now, I don't mean renumbered or electropenciled, I mean matched, same font & everything. I didn't think that was even possible. I have never seen this before, so I bought it(I went to the show to buy some ammo). When I got it apart I noticed two more things, the tang is dated 1936 & the stock is a 1937 tula(nice big mark under where the price tag was). All other parts are from ishvesk. Also no letters in the serial anywhere & the gun did not get a meter think coat of shellac. Any thoughts? Anybody else get a mosin from the same batch batch with similar traits? I saw a 91/30 with matching # at epps from the same batch but the bolt was renumbered(nothing else looked it though)?

 

[Claven2]

The 36 and 35 receiver and barrel is normal. Just means gun was likely assembled in January of 36. A 1937 Tula stock on a 35 Izhevsk is obviously a replacement. So it IS a refurb of some type, though perhaps an early one.

 

[desporterizer]

Oh, there was no doubt of it being a refurb. It just odd as from what I have been able to gather, the guns all came apart, the parts were refurbed & it was bolted together with whatever came off the pile. Evidently that was not the case all the time.I wonder why?

 

[Claven2]

Depends when & where it was refurbed IMHO. Earlier refurbs are usually a bit nicer than later ones. Also, I've noticed the ex-snipers are generally refurbed nicer - doubtlessly done at a different time or facility.